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Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

As a spiritual but non-religious person, I do not come across prayers too often. But recently in one intensive personal and spiritual development session we worked with a prayer that I found absolutely beautiful and an almost perfect summary of what the spiritual path (and a life based on joy and happiness) should be all about. So I would like to share the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi below.

And as long as I am writing on the subject of prayer, I would also like to offer a tip to those who have a resistance to prayers (as I did and sometimes still do): Instead of thinking "prayer", think "speaking from the heart to the creator, a higher source or to something that transcends us". You may find that such a shift may release tremendous energy and joy deep from your heart. Also, try experimenting with creating your own prayers or "speeches from the heart to a higher source", according to your wishes and needs at the time.

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I am a 39 year old Czech-Canadian living in the small town of Lysá nad Labem, Czech Republic, 25 minutes from amazing Prague. In 2004 I made the decision to consciously focus on living a life based on joy and happiness. I believe that the best way to do this is to actually make joy and happiness the absolute number one priority and live "from happiness" instead of "for happiness" -- I have and I do. And I hope to inspire others to also make this paradigm shift because I believe that's the best way to make planet Earth a better place for everyone. PS: In January 2014, I decided to update this blog to be more about increasing our consciousness and joy in our lives, simply because this is a shift currently occuring in me :-)